Fallen Warriors ⁽³³⁹⁾

Brian Bilbrey July 22, 2012

SuperDuper! to the rescue!

Today, I changed the password on my Mac Air, Agog. I then cooked dinner, and watched a couple of episodes of Poirot. I came upstairs ... and I don't remember the password I set. It was a good one. I have backups a couple of different ways, but neither of them seemed to be immediately accessible to me. In order to recover from the Time Machine backups, I need WiFi configured *and* I need to mount the volume that has that sparse image on it. That path seemed blocked to me. But there's a better way! I make periodic backups…

Brian Bilbrey July 15, 2012

Mob Rule

Yikes: http://culturewars.com/CultureWars/Archives/Fidelity_archives/parricide.html So much for a happy celebration of Bastille Day (yesterday). The things people do to each other... Sigh. It's on teh Internets, so it must be true! Alas, not much in the way of references there, so for me, for now, a grain of salt. But I think I want to know more, in a way that doesn't really want to know that sort of thing at all. Compared to that account, the worst doings in Iraq and Afghanistan are the work of a few isolated children. * * * Our condolences to the families, friends, and units…

Brian Bilbrey July 8, 2012

Sunday, continued.

And I'm back, having not forgotten my self-imposed duty to recognize, this day and every day, the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform on our behalf. Our condolences to the families, friends, and units of these fallen warriors: Staff Sgt. Robert A. Massarelli, 32, of Hamilton, Ohio, died June 24, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Sgt. Michael J. Strachota, 28, of White Hall, Arkansas, died June 24, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Pfc. Cody O. Moosman, 24, of Preston, Idaho, died July 3, in Gayan Alwara Mandi, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. Capt. Bruce A.

Brian Bilbrey July 1, 2012

Lucky Us...

We have power. As of this afternoon, there are still six hundred thousand without that boon, in Maryland alone. Lucky us. Stores are closed, or selling dry goods only, using generator power. Gas stations that have power (and still have gas) have lines around the block. And the power companies are saying that they might be at 90% restored by the week's end. Yeah, a hurricane-style hit to the region without warning, without the ability to call in out-of-state help in advance, and pre-position assets really sucks. But temps are staying in the high 90's through at least the fourth.

Brian Bilbrey June 24, 2012

Too Early Hot

It's not July yet, and we nearly cracked 100°F this week. Yowza! Small amounts of yardwork this weekend (no mowing needed since it's so freaking hot), and shedloads of schoolwork going on. By CoB yesterday, I'd gotten all of this week's assignments submitted. Today I started on the Big Bad for the summer session, an "Authentic Assessment" for the database capstone course. It's going to be the equivalent of an entry page and 16 data display and/or modification programs (show, add, delete, or modify for four different tables in the database), and it's due in 2 weeks from today. I…